Donald Hall Quotes

In December of 1952, my first wife, Kirby, and I left Vienna to drive through the Russian sector of Austria into Yugoslavia.

Donald Hall

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 20, 1928 - June 23, 2018

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WifeDriveFirstThroughLeft

I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.

Ann Bancroft

TeacherStruggleMeStudentLucky

We often say that the M&M Group's destiny is inextricably linked with India's. Both were born around the same time: India in 1947, M&M in 1945. The group has experienced the same vicissitudes that the Indian economy has.

Anand Mahindra

TimeDestinyBornIndiaSayGroup

Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.

Silius Italicus

TideFortuneMakeHasteSoon

I've always played that edge of fact and fiction. I used to be a filmmaker, and certainly in film that's a line that filmmakers cross more readily and more easily than novelists.

Ruth Ozeki

EdgeMoreAlwaysLineFictionFilm

The one thing I need to leave behind is good memories.

Michael Landon

GoodMemoriesNeedLeaveOne Thing

Gleason used to rack balls for me when he was a kid in Brooklyn and in Long Island.

Minnesota Fats

MeLongBrooklynIslandBallsKid

Characters written in 1990 would be acting like idiots if they were cast into the present. For example, the reader might wonder: Why isn't she texting? Where's her cellphone? Can't she have a simple paternity test? For God's sake, look on the Internet and check him out!

Lisa Jackson

GodSimplePresentInternetLook

I've always enjoyed things a little more chaotic than most people would prefer. I feel that I run well in chaos.

Chrissy Teigen

PeopleChaosFeelRunMoreAlways

I'm not one of those girls who gets with somebody for the jewelry.

Christina Milian

JewelrySomebodyWhoThoseGets

Liberals worry that what's best for the individual might not be better for the public at large. But that philosophy assumes something vicious about each and every one of us. It assumes we only care about ourselves.

Allen West

BestCareBetterWorryPhilosophy

Oh, I just tend to believe in things when I'm writing them. For instance, when I was writing 'Doctor Dee,' I believed in magic. And when I wrote 'Hawksmoor' I believed in psychic geography. But as soon as I type the last full stop, I'm back to being a complete blank again.

Peter Ackroyd

WritingDoctorBelieveMagicBack

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

Thomas Jefferson

PowerPeopleAuthorityResponsible

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